(slideshow) 13 Beautiful illustrations from children’s books - Page 4

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J.R.R. Tolkien's original artwork of Middle Earth

Nestled into the cliffs of an awe-inspiring river valley is Rivendell, the home of a community of elves. Tolkien may have been inspired by villages he had seen in the Swiss Alps.

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